Published in a Chicago Tribune MediaGroup Publication from Jan. 15 to Jan.  17, 2016
Chicago, IL


Mary was born in Chicago on Feb 13, 1921; between Lincoln's birthday and
Valentine's Day, she'd say. And she died peacefully holding one of her
daughter's hands on October 7, 2015. She is survived by five children:
Katherine, Elizabeth, Peggy, Virginia, and Fred, ten grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of
58 years, Henry. She could remember her father getting his hours cut at
Western Electric during the Depression. She would then go to a special
program to receive extra milk for needy children. Her apartment home was
divided by a sheet to put Mary and her mother in isolation while she had
the deadly and highly contagious scarlet fever, a severe strep throat,
pre-antibiotics. She went on to "UCLA" after graduating from high school,
that would be the University of Cicero Located on Austin, or Morton Junior
College. She became a (woman!!) engineer at Electro Motive Division of
General Motors, designing locomotives. After the war, World War II that is,
she met a handsome returning Naval officer and engineer, Henry Linabury, who
offered her a ride to classes at IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology). They
married in May 1947. She didn't work for a salary after that, but donated
thousands of volunteer hours to the First Congregational Church of Western
Springs, PTA, and the Oak Trace Red Barn, most recently. She enjoyed music,
modern dance, reading, watercolor painting, bridge, traveling, and is sorely
missed by her family and many friends. Her memorial service is this Sunday,
January 17, 2016 at 1:00 pm First Congregational Church of Western Springs
1106 Chestnut St. Western Springs, IL 60558 708/246-1900 Memorials may
be made to Common Hope 1400 Energy Park Dr Ste 23, Saint Paul, MN 55108
or online at http://www.commonhope.org/get-involved/donate/ or the First
Congregational Church of Western Springs